CAA registration is once again open on our website. New members, or existing members who haven’t yet registered with the CAA, can have us register them with the CAA with a click of a single button (and an ‘Are you sure?’ popup). Here is a video showing the super-easy process: These registrations will be processed […]
Read More...In addition to your PDF membership certificate, we now supply optional plastic membership cards. Our membership cards include your name, FPV UK membership number, expiry date, your FPV UK achievements (Certificate of Competency: Drone Law and Certificate of Competency: Practical) your CAA Operator ID and CAA Flyer ID. The price for your card is £8.99 […]
Read More...You can now register with the CAA through your FPV UK account! It takes 30 seconds – here’s a video to prove it. (We still don’t support registration. But since it’s now law we thought we’d better make it easy for our members). Deadline 31st January 2020. If you opt-in in this way your details […]
Read More...ITN National News interviewed FPV UK’s Simon Dale about registration and what it means to Drone and Model Aircraft Pilots in the UK. Play video of Simon Dale speaking to ITN
Read More...CAA Drone and Model Aircraft Registration Scheme DMARES – FAQs Are FPV UK members exempt from the Drone Competency Test & Flyer ID? If you have done the FPV UK Certificate of Competency: Drone Law you do not need to take the CAA’s DMARES competency test or carry a Flyer ID – when flying under […]
Read More...We were quoted on BBC News today on the topic of drone registration: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50293106
Read More...Late yesterday afternoon the CAA announced that the Drone and Model Aircraft Registration and Education Scheme will go live on 5 November 2019. The fee to register with the CAA will be £9. Registration for FPV UK members FPV UK members will not need to register directly with the government scheme. Our members will be […]
Read More...NEWS RELEASE IMMEDIATE RELEASE [email protected] 11/10/2019 The Science and Technology Committee’s report states ‘It is vital that the Government respects recreational drone user and model flying communities and ensures that any further regulation or legislation does not dissuade people from joining such communities.’ This is absolutely crucial and we completely agree. Apart from being a […]
Read More...Airport ‘Drone’ sighting ‘could have been a bird’ FPV UK Chief Executive worked with the BBC News team on this article published on their website: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-48872489
Read More...Representatives from the UK Model Flying Associations met with the Aviation Minister, Baroness Vere of Norbiton at the Department for Transport yesterday (Tuesday 5th June 2019). Whilst the meeting provided a good opportunity for both sides to clarify their position and understand each other’s priorities, there is little in the way of good news to […]
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